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Acuña vs Ewing

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EwingWinner
87.0

Ewing wins: Longevity

Acuña
86.9

Acuña wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Buck Ewing
87.0

Ewing leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Widely regarded as the finest catcher of the 19th century.

1. Buck Ewing
87.0
2. Ronald Acuña Jr
86.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Home runs per season

Career timeline · Home runs per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Home runs per season
1. 🇻🇪 Ronald Acuña Jr5 seasons played · career day 1,825120 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Buck Ewing5 seasons played · career day 1,8261.3 home runs
-98.9% vs Acuña at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇻🇪 Acuña002667120183
🇺🇸 Ewing000.1780.4240.9982.556

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricAcuñaActiveEwingRetired
MVP awards1
Rookie of the Year awards1
Home runs in 202341
Stolen bases in 202373
All-Star selections4
Career hits1,625
Career batting average0.303
Home run titles1
Career triples178
Seasons played18
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9892
Longevity w20%7084
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ewing87.0
Acuña86.9
The people
Acuña
Ewing

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